When we look at market share in IT we often quote global figures that hide massive geographic differences. Also we believe that what we use is the global standard. AOL Messenger is a good example of this, if you’re in the US everyone uses it (or almost).
However, look at the figures by country and the picture is very different.
global_im_market_share_stats_july_08.pdf (application/pdf Object)
Type “about:internets” into the Chrome address bar.
Or is that Omnibar or something?
“Today, it’s clear to me why I’ve felt this way: Google isn’t interested at all in “being a citizen” or part of a platform, they are interested in being the platform. If you look at the way Chrome is designed, it’s not so much designed to be a good browser, as much as it is a good operating system for web applications.”
So I’m reading Oliviers blog and we get to this quote…
“It’s incredible that something as potentially game-changing as a Google browser has stayed under wraps for two years.”
Oh my god. What else have they got hidden there?